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Additional institutions adopting the DMPTool for managing their scholars’ research needs
The DMPTool now supports the National Institutes of Health (NIH) data sharing requirements. NIH requires that projects seeking more than $500,000 in direct costs in any single year address data sharing plans in their grant application. In some cases, some […]
Web Archiving Service Welcomes Emory University Libraries
CDL Welcomes Emory University Libraries as the newest Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) partner! Kate Donovan Jarvis, Emory’s University Archivist and Erika Farr, Coordinator for Digital Archives will be using the service to archive the University’s websites. They will also use […]
Melvyl Central Index: Change in Language for Authentication Screen; Removal of SCIPIO
Based on user input, CDL has made the following changes to the Melvyl Central Index Pilot with the endorsement of the Melvyl Central Index task group: 1. The language on the Authentication screen has been modified. 2. The SCIPIO: Art […]
Shared Cataloging Program (SCP) Monthly Update – January/February 2012
By Adolfo Tarango, Head, Systemwide Collection Services Since I was unable to provide you with a monthly update in January, this update covers the work output for December 2011 and January 2012. Our December monographic output highlights include Springer (875 […]
Melvyl Enhancements – February 2012
On February 28, 2012 (12:38 PM PST), OCLC announced the roll back of the software changes installed on Feb. 26 due to some performance issues. OCLC has since announced that the re-installation of the quarterly software changes is scheduled to […]
Web Archivists: Call for Speakers is Open for Internet Librarian 2012
The call for submissions is now open for the 16th annual Internet Librarian conference, taking place October 22-24 in Monterey, California. The conference focuses on libraries’ use of internet technologies and covers a wide range of topics. Just a few of […]
EZID now offers QR codes
By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager The EZID User Interface now displays a QR code representing the URL form of the DOI or ARK. The QR Code appears on the Manage tab. If the identifier is doi:10.1234/FOO, for example, the […]
Melvyl Mobile Stats Debut
Have you wondered which campus Melvyl gets the most mobile searches or if iPad users do more catalog searches than iPhone users? Are you a mobile-stats watcher? Beginning with the January 2012 usage statistics, monthly search statistics include the number […]
What is EZID’s status?
By Joan Starr, EZID Service Manager In response to user requests, we are introducing two new channels for distributing EZID (http://n2t.net/ezid) status updates: a blog and an RSS feed from the blog. As we try out this new functionality, we […]
Web Archives: Information on Recent Technical Difficulties
From: Tracy Seneca – Web Archiving Service Manager, California Digital Library UPDATE: Wednesday February 21, 2012 The Web Archiving Service (http://was.cdlib.org/) developers have completed their work to improve the performance of the public WAS archives. Developers are now resuming work […]